What Does The Sirius/XM Radio Merger Mean For Blues Fans?
What Does The Sirius/XM Radio Merger Mean For Blues Fans? Monday November 17, 2008 As any reasonably plugged-in gadget head knows, the two American satellite radio companies – Sirius and XM Radio – have merged into one gigantic broadcast entity, and the jury is still out on what it means to blues fans. Personally, kids, the Reverend believes that we’ve taken a step backwards with this one…Sirius Channel 74 used to be called “Sirius Blues” and XM Radio’s Channel 74 was “B.B. King’s Bluesville,” and they both provided original programming. With the recently-announced program changes, though, the two different channels have been mashed into a single blues station, called B.B. King’s Bluesville, with limited programming. Although The Chess Records Hour has survived the merger, Daily Cup of Joe Bonamassa seems to have fallen by the side of the road. Blues artist Shemekia Copeland’s bio is still listed on both company’s websites, but The Shemek
What Does The Sirius/XM Radio Merger Mean For Blues Fans? Monday November 17, 2008#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) As any reasonably plugged-in gadget head knows, the two American satellite radio companies – Sirius and XM Radio – have merged into one gigantic broadcast entity, and the jury is still out on what it means to blues fans. Personally, kids, the Reverend believes that we’ve taken a step backwards with this one…Sirius Channel 74 used to be called “Sirius Blues” and XM Radio’s Channel 74 was “B.B. King’s Bluesville,” and they both provided original programming. With the recently-announced program changes, though, the two different channels have been mashed into a single blues station, called B.B. King’s Bluesville, with limited programming. Although The Chess Records Hour has survived the merger, Daily Cup of Joe Bonamassa seems to have fallen by the side of the road. Blues artist Shemekia Copeland’s bio
